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Hello,

I have a scene that has a bar graph that is pulling data from an xml file (which is "Live Updating"). I have a basic script that can adjust the bars height by using the data from the xml file, but the bars "pop" or "cut" to the new height as the data is updated. I would like to be able to have the bars "GROW" and/or "SHRINK" when the new data comes in.

Hope this makes sense. Has anyone accomplished "Growing/Shrinking" Bar Graphs (that pull data from datalinq) in xpression?

Thanks

I have an idea that might help you get started.

-Create a new text object called 'previousValue'. Load the current bar height into previousValue as the scene loads.

-Create a loop in your animation controller by placing an event that jumps back just a few frames.

-Place a script in the middle of the loop.

-The script should get the height of the bar from the previous value, not the current value.

-Increase/decrease previousValue by 1 if the current value and previous value differ.

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I have the same problem.

Can we do this without script?

If we do this with Visual logic,

How it should be like?

thanx.

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Personally, I would have made a script that would modify a keyframe on an animcontroller and then played this animcontroller when the value changes.

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Vincent,

Good idea.. I tried your idea and it works well for me.. Here is my sample project if anyone else wants to look at it.

http://ross.brickftp.com/f/bc18e5996

Brian

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Thanks Vincent. Brian thanks for the sample project, worked perfectly. Thanks guys!

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Brian, will you please repost the sample? I need to do a similar changing animation, but my loop happens so fast, I only see the final state, and not any changes during the loop.

Is there a way to run one iteration of the loop, and then update the scene, and then run the next iteration, etc...?

Shane

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Here you go Shane,

http://ross.brickftp.com/f/bfb8dd7dd

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Hi Brian,

That link says the file is no longer available, do you still have it? I'd like to take a look at it as well. Thanks!

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Here you go: http://ross.brickftp.com/f/e162ddad3

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Hi Brian,
Do you still have a link to the file? I'd like to take a look at it as well. Thanks!
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Here you go: http://transfer.rossvideo.com/f/78fd5c9dc

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Thank you!
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Hi Brian, sorry - would you mind re uploading please? Would love to have a look. Thanks.
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Thanks so much!
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Hi Steve.
Try the attached project

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Roman Yaroshenko
chief specialist
RBC-TV
Moscow Russian Federation
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-18-2014 19:24
From: Steve Szeszycki
Subject: Animating Bar Graphs that are datalinqed

Hello,

I have a scene that has a bar graph that is pulling data from an xml file (which is "Live Updating"). I have a basic script that can adjust the bars height by using the data from the xml file, but the bars "pop" or "cut" to the new height as the data is updated. I would like to be able to have the bars "GROW" and/or "SHRINK" when the new data comes in.

Hope this makes sense. Has anyone accomplished "Growing/Shrinking" Bar Graphs (that pull data from datalinq) in xpression?

Thanks

And in this attached project, scenes are made in two different ways.

One scene is made using the OnRender engine script, the other using Visual Logic

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Roman Yaroshenko
chief specialist
RBC-TV
Moscow Russian Federation
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-21-2024 07:10
From: Roman Yaroshenko
Subject: Animating Bar Graphs that are datalinqed

Hi Steve.
Try the attached project

------------------------------
Roman Yaroshenko
chief specialist
RBC-TV
Moscow Russian Federation

Original Message:
Sent: 09-18-2014 19:24
From: Steve Szeszycki
Subject: Animating Bar Graphs that are datalinqed

Hello,

I have a scene that has a bar graph that is pulling data from an xml file (which is "Live Updating"). I have a basic script that can adjust the bars height by using the data from the xml file, but the bars "pop" or "cut" to the new height as the data is updated. I would like to be able to have the bars "GROW" and/or "SHRINK" when the new data comes in.

Hope this makes sense. Has anyone accomplished "Growing/Shrinking" Bar Graphs (that pull data from datalinq) in xpression?

Thanks

And the original project from 2014 as well: Animated Bar Graph Example.zip 

Original Message:
Sent: 09-21-2024 08:15
From: Roman Yaroshenko
Subject: Animating Bar Graphs that are datalinqed

And in this attached project, scenes are made in two different ways.

One scene is made using the OnRender engine script, the other using Visual Logic

------------------------------
Roman Yaroshenko
chief specialist
RBC-TV
Moscow Russian Federation

Original Message:
Sent: 09-21-2024 07:10
From: Roman Yaroshenko
Subject: Animating Bar Graphs that are datalinqed

Hi Steve.
Try the attached project

------------------------------
Roman Yaroshenko
chief specialist
RBC-TV
Moscow Russian Federation

Original Message:
Sent: 09-18-2014 19:24
From: Steve Szeszycki
Subject: Animating Bar Graphs that are datalinqed

Hello,

I have a scene that has a bar graph that is pulling data from an xml file (which is "Live Updating"). I have a basic script that can adjust the bars height by using the data from the xml file, but the bars "pop" or "cut" to the new height as the data is updated. I would like to be able to have the bars "GROW" and/or "SHRINK" when the new data comes in.

Hope this makes sense. Has anyone accomplished "Growing/Shrinking" Bar Graphs (that pull data from datalinq) in xpression?

Thanks